How do your bags make you feel?
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I love this thread! I've been contemplating this question abstractly, especially after my last purchase (2 in one shot- gulp!) I have to say that they make me a little guilty because I grew up poor, my mom still struggles with money - and when I think if I had just given that $to my mom...but this is a slippery slope of thought.
They mostly make me feel glamorous.
I don't spend much money on shoes or clothes. (This is not to say i dont enjoy fashion, i just enjoy affordable fashion) I spend money on my bags. In another thread I compared my feeling to that of wearing a new dress on date night. It flatters you perfectly and you feel great stepping out. I get that feeling EVEY time I step out with my bag! So if you look at it that way, it's a better investment. ha!
They mostly make me feel glamorous.
I don't spend much money on shoes or clothes. (This is not to say i dont enjoy fashion, i just enjoy affordable fashion) I spend money on my bags. In another thread I compared my feeling to that of wearing a new dress on date night. It flatters you perfectly and you feel great stepping out. I get that feeling EVEY time I step out with my bag! So if you look at it that way, it's a better investment. ha!
A new bag makes me feel happy and fashionable. It makes me excited to get up and go to work in the morning or do anything for that matter.
They make me feel a bit more put together and polished or at least they make me feel like I am making an effort to be a bit more put together and polished.
Happy, polished, but most of all grateful.
+1 I also feel excited when it's time to choose which one to carry that compliments my outfit, heck sometimes I coordinate my outfits around the bag I want to carry! :giggles: it's so much fun for me!
Sometimes I've felt guilty over a purchase, but it's mostly to do with the price versus the wear the bag will get. My everyday bags are nice leather bags but I save the Mulberries and Love Moschino for evenings and special outings. The only problem is, I rarely have time for the "special outings"! 
When I buy a new everyday bag I know will get a lot of wear, I'm thrilled. My latest purchase was a pink Ted Baker hobo on eBay and I was overjoyed when I picked it up. The same goes for the lovely aubergine Lumi Supermarket City I got from le BF for my birthday a couple of weeks ago - seeing the bag still makes me feel sooo good and I find myself cradling the bag like a baby when I'm sitting on the bus. It's something I've wanted for a while now and I got it from my true love for the first bday pressie.
We're both really happy; I got what I wanted and he bought himself a year of time! 
When I buy a new everyday bag I know will get a lot of wear, I'm thrilled. My latest purchase was a pink Ted Baker hobo on eBay and I was overjoyed when I picked it up. The same goes for the lovely aubergine Lumi Supermarket City I got from le BF for my birthday a couple of weeks ago - seeing the bag still makes me feel sooo good and I find myself cradling the bag like a baby when I'm sitting on the bus. It's something I've wanted for a while now and I got it from my true love for the first bday pressie.
We're both really happy; I got what I wanted and he bought himself a year of time! I am always looking at other people's bags. I don't judge necessarily but I think women should dress with quality over quantity. If half of these women spent money on one good bag instead of 10 cheapies or knockoffs- they could actually afford the real thing!
